Video: My Five Minutes on Louisiana Public Broadcasting
As a means of addressing issues from the recent legislative session, Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) produced two shows involving three legislative issues: abortion clinic regulation, oil and gas companies/coastal preservation, and Common Core (CCSS). The first video aired weeks ago and featured individuals supporting one viewpoint (as concerns CCSS, that CCSS is good). On June […]
At the Chalk Face programming updates
First, we want to thank everyone out there for listening and supporting At the Chalk Face radio. Ever since we started broadcasting in the winter of 2010, we knew the show fulfilled an important niche in the overall education dialogue that was unavailable at the time. I don’t think anyone else delivers it like we […]
Parent and Teacher Groups Stand Together in New Mexico
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the evening of June 25, Parents and Teachers Educating the Community (PTEC) hosted a viewing of the education documentary Standardized: Lies, Money, and Civil Rights. The group was diverse and included people from several different activist groups, elected officials, and even New Mexico’s gubernatorial challenger to Susana Martinez. The most important […]
La. State Board Not “Bound by Law” to Either CCSS or PARCC
On June 18, 2014, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made the executive decision to remove Louisiana from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and associated assessment, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). The way that Jindal approached the issue was to cancel both the PARCC MOU stating that Louisiana agreed to […]
DUST OFF THOSE SHELVES: 200 LIBRARY AIDES HEAD BACK TO LA SCHOOLS + smf’s 2¢
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1lwBFOc Maya Sugarman/KPCC | Sada Mozer, the children's librarian for the Junipero Serra Branch, reads "Oh!" by Josse Goffin to Trinity Street Elementary School fifth graders. June 27th, 2014, 5:00amThe Los Angeles Unified school district is spending $6 million next school year to bring back 192 libraries aides, opening shuttered
Anatomy of a hashtag and the @amprog report #forthecore
The Center for American Progress, often touted as a “liberal” think tank, released a set of recommendations to make Common Core implementation successful. The release was accompanied by a media event just the other day, shared on social media with the hashtag “forthecore.” Let us first dismiss any arguments that CAP is actually a “liberal” […]
Who Are We? We Are the Resistance
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6-26-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Troubling Realities of School SegregationI read this story twice and also read this blog to learn more about the situation and it has left me with many unanswered questions. But first let me see if I have the facts right regarding this troubling story: Two years ago the Normandy school district that is 97% black and poor was merged […]11 by denishanjones / 1h hide // saveOb